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Columbia University Masters of Bioethics events and info sessions

http://ce.columbia.edu/bioethics?gclid=CP3WmuX_grACFUOo4AodflhulQ

THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY MASTER OF SCIENCE IN BIOETHICS PROGRAM

INVITES YOU TO JOIN US FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS:

“END-OF-LIFE DECISION MAKING IN SPAIN”
Dr. Pablo Simone, University of Andalusia, Spain
Visiting Professor, Columbia University
Thursday, November 8th, 6:00pm-7:30pm
International Affairs Building, Room 411
Dr. Simone, a member of the Bioethics Commission in Spain, will be talking about his experiences in clinical ethics in Spain, and how they resemble, and differ from, those in the US.

Thursday, November 29; 6:15pm-7:30pm
“LIFE AT THE EDGE: TWENTY YEARS OF BIOETHICS GRANTMAKING”
William Stubing, former President, Greenwall Foundation
207 Math

Thursday, January 31, 2013; 6:15pm-7:30pm
“DOING BIOETHICS IN THE REAL WORLD—OPPORTUNITIES, PITFALLS AND REWARDS”
Arthur Caplan, New York University
Location to be announced

Refreshments will be served at all of the above events.

For more information on The Columbia University Master of Bioethics Program:
Information Session
Tuesday, January 8, 2013; 6:30pm
Morningside Campus

Tuesday, February 26, 2013; Noon
Master of Bioethics Program Webinar

To R.S.V.P. or request more information, please contact Patricia Contino at pc2561@columbia.edu

For further information on the Master of Science in Bioethics Program, please visit:
http://ce.columbia.edu/bioethics?gclid=CP3WmuX_grACFUOo4AodflhulQ

Note: our past Careers in Bioethics events are also viewable on line at our website.

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New Post: Researcher in ethics and community engagement

http://www.ethox.org.uk/welcome/container3/ehox-news/new-post-research...

The Ethox Centre at Oxford University is seeking to appoint a Researcher in Ethics and Community Engagement to work at the Oxford University Tropical Medicine Group at the KEMRI-Wellcome Unit in Kilifi, Kenya (a minimum of 6 months pa) and a total of about 2 months at the Wellcome Trust Major Overseas Programmes (MOPs) in Malawi, Kenya, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam and the Ethox Centre at the University of Oxford. The deadline for applications is 12 noon on the 28th November 2012.

For more information, see the full job description at the Ethox Centre website:
http://www.ethox.org.uk/welcome/container3/ehox-news/new-post-researcher-in-ethics-and-community-engagement

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.: FLACSO Argentina - Investigación :.

http://www.flacso.org.ar/investigacion_ayp_contenido.php?ID=162

El Programa está auspiciado por el Fogarty International Center (FIC) de los National Institutes of Health (NIH) de EE.UU.

Co-directoras: Florencia Luna (PhD), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas (CONICET), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO), Buenos Aires, Argentina; Ruth Macklin (PhD), Departamento de Epidemiología y Salud Pública, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Nueva York, EE.UU.

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Health Situation Analysis in the African Region, Atlas of Health Statistics, 2012

http://www.aho.afro.who.int/en/publication/63/atlas-african-health-sta...

The Atlas of Health Statistics, 2012, which provides a health situation analysis of WHO’s African Region, is the most significant data output of the African Health Observatory (www.aho.afro.who.int). Now in its second edition, the Atlas is building on the ground-breaking work that was carried out in preparing the initial edition. Not only has it been updated for 2012, but its coverage has expanded and further indicators have been included.

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Ethics CORE

http://nationalethicscenter.org/

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has announced the formal launch of an interactive online resource to help researchers and professionals in the sciences, engineering and mathematics incorporate ethical practices into their professional lives

Ethics CORE resources available for open use include:
• 5,400 full-text articles and reports
• 250,000 peer-reviewed journal articles
• A full-text search capability for more than 45 professional society codes of ethics
• More than 250 catalogued and indexed RCR instructional and support materials sites with drill-down limit and search capabilities

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Bookmarked by Susan Bull on 25 Oct 2012
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